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Top Tastings 2008. A shorter version first appeared on facebook January 2009.
ABV: 13% Origin: Chicago, Illinois, USA Website: http://www.gooseisland.com
Goose Island Bourbon County Stout
Originally brewed to celebrate this outstanding brewery’s 1000th batch of beer in 1992, this became the USA’s first cask matured beer and started a cult phenomenon among enthusiasts. […]
Great British Beer Festival 2010
ABV: 12.5% Origin: San Marcos, California, USA Website: www.portbrewing.com
Port Older Viscosity
Port Brewing is one of the leading lights of West Coast craft brewing, particularly for the Lost Abbey series of special beers created by its head brewer Tomme Arthur. At GBBF, Older Viscosity was labelled a […]
Top Tastings 2008. A shorter version was first published on facebook January 2009.
ABV: 9% Origin: New York City, New York, USA Website: www.brooklynbrewery.com
Brooklyn Local 1
Celebrity brewer Garrett Oliver of the influential Brooklyn brewery has excelled himself with this stylishly bottled and bottle conditioned premium treat, and New Yorkers should think […]
Top tastings 2008. A shorter version was first published on facebook January 2009. Beer sellers: Bierkraft
ABV: 9% Origin: Portland, Maine, USA Website: www.allagash.com
Allagash Victoria Ale
Victoria is a very special golden ale brewed with Chardonnay grapes, part of the brewery’s “tribute” series, with $1 from each bottle going towards restoration […]
The Hepworth version featured in a piece on ales with which to convert lager drinkers, first published in BEER February 2009. This version may no longer be in production.
ABV: 4.5% Origin: Holyoke, Massachusetts, USA (original version); Horsham, West Sussex, England (licensed version) Website: www.highandmightybeer.com, www.papercity.com
High & Mighty Beer Company
While licensing […]
First published in BEER January 2008 as part of a piece about imperial stouts. For more imperial stouts see previous post.
ABV: 11 per cent Origin: Newport, Oregon, USA Website www.rogueales.com
Rogue XS Imperial Stout
Founded in 1988, Rogue are now a mainstay of the craft brewing hotbed of the Pacific Northwest and […]
Bières sans frontières, Great British Beer Festival 2007. For more selections see previous post.
ABV: 10.6% Origin: Brooklyn, New York, USA Website: www.brooklynbrewery.com
Brooklyn Black Chocolate Stout
The Brooklyn brewery, with its world famous and well travelled head brewer Garrett Oliver, needs little introduction — originally established to revive the pre-Prohibition style of […]
First published in BEER July 2006 as part of a page about beers from the USA available in the UK. See previous post for more beers from the USA.
ABV: 5.6 per cent Origin: San Francisco, California, USA Website www.anchorbrewing.com
Anchor Porter
The Anchor brewery of San Francisco has a special significance both […]
First published in BEER July 2006 as part of a page about beers from the USA available in the UK. See previous post for more beers from the USA.
ABV: 4.3 per cent Origin: Chicago, Illinois, USA Website: www.gooseisland.com
Goose Island Honker's Ale
When marketing man John Hall opened his Goose Island brewpub […]
Originally published in BEER July 2006 as part of a page about beers from the USA available in the UK
ABV: 5.6 per cent Origin: Chico, California, USA Website: www.sierranevada.com
Sierra Nevada Pale Ale
With 4 July imminent, I’m raising a toast to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness with a trio […]
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Cask This pioneering new book explains what makes cask beer so special, and explores its past, present and future. Order now from CAMRA Books. Read more here.
London’s Best Beer The fully updated 3rd edition of my essential award-winning guide to London’s vibrant beer scene is available now from CAMRA Books. Read more here.
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